German children’s tale “Timba – The Story of an Alsatian” 1st edition 1961 English translation
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This is a “very good” or better vintage hardcover with a crisp, tight binding. No writing, no loose, torn or folded pages. Spine head and tail and board corners lightly bumped. Blue paper wrapped boards fairly uniform in color, a little sunning along the upper board edges near the spine. Matching original vintage dust jacket is not clipped, showing UK publisher’s price inside the lower front flap. This jacket is “good” with some fairly large losses along edges, top and bottom. No writing. Now protected in a removable archival sleeve. Charming, scarce title. See accompanying images for full condition details. Will ship promptly, carefully packaged.
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| Weight | 32 oz |
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| Dimensions | 12 × 6 × 3 in |
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